Back At It
Wow, life sure does happen doesn’t it?! It’s been almost a month since the last post but thankfully there hasn’t been much going on with sweet Odin. He’s fully healed and is about 80% with the adjustment to walking with 3 legs. I can tell he still tires quickly.
He was having a bad week where he vomited every day, but that has seemed to solve itself. He has also figured out that I hide his pills in his food, so I have to go check to make sure he took them. He’s so sneaky for such a giant beast.
This last week he has developed a cough or hack. At first I thought his throat was just irritated from his rawhide treat. Except after 3 days it was still happening. Another possible reason is I irritated his soft palate when I had to force-pill him because he was extremely against taking them on his own. A part of me is very nervous that the cancer is starting to attack his lungs. I know it hasn’t been long since the amputation, but the mass in his leg appeared only 2 weeks after his knee surgery so I wonder if the rate of metastasis is faster than I had hoped. He will be going in for x rays at the end of this week if the hacking doesn’t improve. I listened to his lungs this morning with my stethoscope and they sounded clear but his breaths were a little shallow.
I’ve been trying to keep him calm and quiet because the hacking seems to come on after he gets too excited or moves too quickly (fast paced walking or running). Hopefully it resolves on its own and x rays are not necessary. FINGERS CROSSED!!!
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1:30 am on August 6th, 2017
Hi,
I hope your sweet Odin stops hacking and the X-rays show it is nothing. I’ll be thinking of you both.
Wanda
5:40 am on August 6th, 2017
Odin, I hope you’re feeling better! We will await the news… fingers crossed that he just has an irritated throat! Take care big buddy!
All the best fromSuper Stu & his pack! 🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️
10:54 pm on August 6th, 2017
Gosh! I just got caught up on Odin’s blogs….And I am sooooo in love with that sweet boy….and all the pack…..Angels included!
Odin is feeling just fine and that’s a good sign!!
Soooo often we see a hacking cough be nothing more than allergies…even if they’ve never had them before. Additionally, he coukd indeed have some irritation from all the “pill pushing” youve had to do, as well as having irritation from all the vomiting he had done previously. So try not to think worst case scenarios………it’s so easy to do on this crazy journey! It woukd be unusual for anything bad to be showing up this early on, so just continue to NE MORE DOG and live in the moment with Odin!
You clearly are doing a good job of making every moment count. And to Odin, every moment of spoiling and loving is one eternity after another!!!
Would love to see more pictures of Odin! He is soooo darn cute! 🙂
Cheering for ya’ Odin!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hugs
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
PS….btw….Odin has a wonderful Grandmother 🙂
9:43 pm on August 12th, 2017
Hey guys, keep us posted OK? There are MANY situations here in the community when a dog starts coughing and most times it’s not related to metastasis. We hope it’s something totally insignificant and treatable, so let us know what the vets say.
Meanwhile, don’t forget to give us an Odin fix with some photos next time!